Ball carrier adapted to be mounted on a bicycle

Abstract

A carrier for a ball such as a baseball adapted to be mounted on a bicycle, the carrier being formed of a single integral piece of wire generally in the form of a Figure - 8, having a large lower loop converging to a constriction, and then diverging and terminating in a smaller upper loop. The carrier is bent to correspond to the spherical surface of the ball, with the smaller loop clamping the ball against the larger loop and maintaining the ball in place. An integral pair of eyes are provided at the ends of the larger loop for mounting on an object such as a bicycle.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A ball carrier adapted to be mounted on a bicycle or other vehicle and to engage and retain a baseball therein and wherein the baseball may be readily disengaged therefrom, comprising a unitary wire-form structure generally in the form of a Figure-8 and comprising a first wire loop having a pair of arcuate members and having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and being of a diameter smaller than that of the ball to be engaged and terminating in free ends, the free ends of the arcuate members being provided with means for mounting on said bicycle, the proximal portion of said arcuate members converging to form a constriction, and a second wire loop having a proximal portion and a distal portion formed of arcuate members diverging from said constriction at the proximal portion of said second loop and being continuous with each other at the distal portion thereof, the plane of the Figure-8 structure being sufficiently bent to conform to the curvature of said ball and to retain said ball between the jaws defined by said first and second loops. 
     
     
       2. A ball carrier according to claim 1, wherein said means for affixing to a bicycle or other vehicle frame comprises a pair of integral eyes adapted to receive a bolt, one eye at the end of each arcuate member. 
     
     
       3. A ball carrier according to claim 2, wherein said first loop has a diameter greater than that of said second loop. 
     
     
       4. A ball carrier according to claim 2, wherein a tubular collar is disposed intermediate said eyes, and a bolt is disposed through said loops and said collar having an engaging nut threadedly mounted on the end thereof. 
     
     
       5. A ball holder according to claim 2, having a baseball in combination therewith disposed intermediate said first and second loops and being retained therebetween.